Chandigarh, April 7 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday ordered a comprehensive crop loss assessment across the state following extensive damage caused by unseasonal rain and hailstorms.

Addressing the media here, the CM said that a special girdawari has been ordered so that compensation can be provided as per norms after reports from deputy commissioners.

"We have given orders for girdawari, and after conducting it, whoever suffered crop damage will be given compensation. The government is committed to safeguarding farmers' interests and will compensate losses caused by natural calamities," Mann said while speaking to reporters, while presenting a four-year report card of the power department.

Currently, the state agriculture de...